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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls;

2. a succession of stages or operations or processes or units;
- Example: "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"
- Example: "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"

3. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower;
- Example: "a little shower of rose petals"
- Example: "a sudden cascade of sparks"
[syn: shower, cascade]


VERB (2)

1. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade;
[syn: cascade, cascade down]

2. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cascade \Cas*cade"\ (k[a^]s*k[=a]d"), n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to fall.] A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. [1913 Webster] The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. --Longjellow. [1913 Webster] Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cascade \Cas*cade"\, v. i. 1. To fall in a cascade. --Lowell. [1913 Webster] 2. To vomit. [Slang] --Smollett. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cascade n 1: a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls 2: a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes" 3: a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks" [syn: shower, cascade] v 1: rush down in big quantities, like a cascade [syn: cascade, cascade down] 2: arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

129 Moby Thesaurus words for "cascade": Niagara, bag, barf, belch, bring up, burst, cataract, chute, collapse, come down, comedown, crash, daggle, dangle, debacle, debouchment, declension, declination, defluxion, deluge, depend, descend, descending, descension, descent, dip down, disgorge, dissiliency, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drabble, drag, draggle, drape, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, dropping, engulf, eructation, eruption, fall, fall down, fall off, falling, falls, flap, flare-up, flood, flop, flow, force, go down, go downhill, gravitate, gravitation, gush, hang, hang down, heave, inclination, inundate, jet, linn, lop, lose altitude, nappe, nod, outbreak, outburst, overbrim, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, parachute, pend, pitch, plummet, plummeting, plunge, pounce, pour down, pour out, pour over, precipitate, puke, rain, rapids, run over, rush, sag, sault, slop, slosh, spate, spew, spill, spill out, spill over, spout, spurt, stoop, submerge, swag, swamp, sweep, swing, swoop, throw up, torrent, trail, trend downward, upchuck, volcan, waterfall, watershoot, weep, whelm
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

cascade n. 1. A huge volume of spurious error-message output produced by a compiler with poor error recovery. Too frequently, one trivial syntax error (such as a missing ?)? or ?}?) throws the parser out of synch so that much of the remaining program text is interpreted as garbaged or ill-formed. 2. A chain of Usenet followups, each adding some trivial variation or riposte to the text of the previous one, all of which is reproduced in the new message; an include war in which the object is to create a sort of communal graffito.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

cascade 1. A huge volume of spurious error-messages output by a compiler with poor error recovery. Too frequently, one trivial syntax error (such as a missing ")" or "}") throws the parser out of synch so that much of the remaining program text, whether correct or not, is interpreted as garbaged or ill-formed. 2. A chain of Usenet followups, each adding some trivial variation or riposte to the text of the previous one, all of which is reproduced in the new message; an include war in which the object is to create a sort of communal graffito. 3. A collection of interconneced networking devices, typically hubs, that allows those devices to act together as a logical repeater. [Jargon File] (1997-07-17)
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):

Cascade -- U.S. County in Montana Population (2000): 80357 Housing Units (2000): 35225 Land area (2000): 2697.903606 sq. miles (6987.537964 sq. km) Water area (2000): 13.747991 sq. miles (35.607133 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2711.651597 sq. miles (7023.145097 sq. km) Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30 Location: 47.433941 N, 111.324241 W Headwords: Cascade Cascade, MT Cascade County Cascade County, MT
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cascade, MT -- U.S. town in Montana Population (2000): 819 Housing Units (2000): 349 Land area (2000): 0.524368 sq. miles (1.358106 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.524368 sq. miles (1.358106 sq. km) FIPS code: 12775 Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30 Location: 47.271954 N, 111.702675 W ZIP Codes (1990): 59421 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cascade, MT Cascade
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cascade-Chipita Park, CO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado Population (2000): 1709 Housing Units (2000): 869 Land area (2000): 13.472744 sq. miles (34.894246 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.013957 sq. miles (0.036148 sq. km) Total area (2000): 13.486701 sq. miles (34.930394 sq. km) FIPS code: 12325 Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08 Location: 38.920814 N, 104.991493 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cascade-Chipita Park, CO Cascade-Chipita Park Cascade, CO Cascade
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cascade, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho Population (2000): 997 Housing Units (2000): 562 Land area (2000): 3.614463 sq. miles (9.361415 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.587689 sq. miles (1.522107 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.202152 sq. miles (10.883522 sq. km) FIPS code: 13150 Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16 Location: 44.515575 N, 116.043681 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cascade, ID Cascade
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cascade, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 1958 Housing Units (2000): 820 Land area (2000): 1.131037 sq. miles (2.929371 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.131037 sq. miles (2.929371 sq. km) FIPS code: 11305 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 42.297535 N, 91.012215 W ZIP Codes (1990): 52033 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cascade, IA Cascade
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cascade-Fairwood, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington Population (2000): 34580 Housing Units (2000): 13456 Land area (2000): 8.869959 sq. miles (22.973088 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000024 sq. miles (0.000062 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.869983 sq. miles (22.973150 sq. km) FIPS code: 10372 Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53 Location: 47.448873 N, 122.169361 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cascade-Fairwood, WA Cascade-Fairwood Cascade, WA Cascade
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Cascade, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 666 Housing Units (2000): 269 Land area (2000): 0.743464 sq. miles (1.925562 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.006965 sq. miles (0.018040 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.750429 sq. miles (1.943602 sq. km) FIPS code: 12825 Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55 Location: 43.658541 N, 88.008412 W ZIP Codes (1990): 53011 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cascade, WI Cascade